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ACHIEVE. ELEVATE. INSPIRE

Nominations for the 2019 FDM everywoman in Technology Awards have now closed. Keep an eye on our page and our social media channels using @everywomanUK and #ewTechAwards to find out who we announce as our finalists!

The annual Awards programme uncovers and celebrates the most inspirational women working within STEM industries, demonstrating the vast range of career opportunities that the sector has to offer for women.

Supported by Tech She Can this years programme is looking to “Achieve, Elevate and Inspire”, the search has begun to find the tech industry’s most exceptional talent, from the UK and beyond.

who is it for?

Supported by the most forward-thinking brands, which are committed to celebrating the skills, innovation and leadership of women, our women in tech awards champion and celebrate women who are achieving career success and the companies that are supporting them to do so. Entrants can be at any stage of their career, including young students or apprentices passionate about the future of technology and high-flying senior women well established on the career ladder. Discover the categories.

why nominate?

The FDM everywoman in technology awards are free to enter and past winners and finalists, ranging from rising stars to entrepreneurs to senior corporate leaders, go on to become ambassadors for women working in the technology sector, ultimately encouraging more women and young girls to consider a career in this innovative and fast moving sector.

Key dates

Nominations Open: 6 August 2018

Nominations Close: 1 October 2018 - EXTENDED TO 15 OCTOBER - now closed

2019 FDM everywoman in Technology Award categories

Academic Award - sponsored by Lloyds Banking GroupThis is awarded to a woman in academia who has made an outstanding contribution to technology and science and whose work has made or has the potential to make a significant long-term impact in STEM. This could include using technology to enhance and support research and teaching, achieving technological breakthroughs or leveraging one’s position to significantly encourage more talent into stem subjects.

One to Watch Award - sponsored by ComputacenterThis is awarded to a girl aged 11-18 who is actively encouraging girls to study STEM subjects at school-level, or making waves in the tech space. This award seeks to identify young game-changers and is open to inspirational students

Apprentice AwardThis is awarded to a young woman apprentice who is a game-changer and is excelling in her early career.

Rising Star Award - sponsored by T-SystemsThis is awarded to a woman aged 26 or under who is excelling in her technology career, making a valuable contribution to her organisation.

Digital Star - sponsored by CGIThis is awarded to a woman who is excelling in a digital role. This could include innovative digital content, social media, web development or developing online solutions.

Software Engineer Award - sponsored by RBSAwarded to a woman who has made a significant difference to the art of software engineering. She has built something new, shifted the art of the possible and is moving the profession forward.

Team Leader Award - sponsored by American ExpressThis is awarded to a woman whose team leadership has greatly contributed to the organisation’s success. She is leading a team of up to 100 employees.

Entrepreneur Award - sponsored by IBM iXThis is awarded to an owner/operator of a technology business whose vision and talent will inspire others to start their own technology related venture (trading for a minimum of 24 months)

Innovator Award - sponsored by EquinitiThis is awarded to a woman designing, developing, researching, implementing or being exceptionally creative with technology in an unconventional and innovative way.

Leader Award - sponsored by BPThis will be awarded to the woman operating in a senior technology role within her organisation. She will be making a contribution to the strategic direction of the business. She is leading a team of over 100 employees.

International Inspiration AwardThis is awarded to an individual, male or female, for their active commitment to encouraging, advancing, sponsoring or championing the progress of women working in technology. They are based outside of the UK.

Male Agent of Change Award - sponsored by VMwareThis is awarded to a male agent of change for their active commitment to encouraging, advancing, sponsoring or championing the progress of women working in technology.

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

ENTERING:

Entrants must be working in a technology role but can be working across any industry or sector

Entrants must be based or have their chief operations in the UK for all categories except the International Inspiration Award

Entrants must ensure that they are available for the Judging Day 16 January 2019) and the Awards Ceremony in London (6 March 2019)

Entrants can nominate themselves or can be nominated by a colleague or associate

Entrants can be nominated for a maximum of two categories

All age criteria for any relevant categories should be met as of nomination closing date (15 October 2018)

All date criteria for any relevant categories should be met as of nomination closing date (15 October 2018)

Previous applicants to the Awards are invited to reapply and will need to complete a new online nomination with up-to-date information

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Judges

Judges

Tunji Akintokun MBE

NSC Global

Tunji leads the European sales organisation at NSC Global, a professional and managed services company operating in over 100 countries. He is also a Non-Executive Director at digital marketing company Regital. Passionate about diversity, STEM and social mobilitiy, Tunji resides on the councils of techUK, Grant Thornton and Teach First. He supports many causes through his Ilesha Charitable Trust as well as being a patron for the autism charity CASPA. Tunji received an MBE in the Queen's 2018 New Year's Honours List for services to young people from ethnic minorities in Science & Technology.

Sheridan Ash

PwC

Sheridan’s career has taken anything but a conventional route, after leaving school at 16 with few qualifications, having undiagnosed dyslexia, she was spotted by an agent and entered the world of runway modelling. She completed her first degree in her 20s and has worked her way up ever since. Sheridan commissioned PwC’s Women in Tech: Time to close the gender gap research which tells us that a lack of female role models in technology is a barrier to more females joining the sector, so Sheridan is personally playing her part in raising this issue, but also using her own experience to act as a role model by appearing in the media and at events to champion the benefits that an inclusive and diverse workforce can bring. This includes appearing on BBC News to discuss the importance of role models in technology. Sheridan has more recently founded The Tech She Can Charter which is now backed by over 75 organisations.

Nabila Aydin

FDM

Nabila is the Global Marketing Director at FDM Group. She is responsible for marketing planning, strategy and budget control, overseeing all marketing staff and marketing activities worldwide. Nabila initiated FDM's global Women in Tech initiative and plays an active role in encouraging, supporting and promoting diversity in the workplace. Nabila was recognised as a finalist at the Women in IT Awards USA 2018 in the category of Business Role Model of the Year.

Lizee Butler

Computacenter

Lizee Butler is a Senior Human Resources Business Partner. Across her HR career of more than 14 years she’s worked in a number of different roles, in a variety of different sectors. She’s spent the last 7 in the IT industry working at Computacenter. Lizee has always been passionate about driving a culture of inclusion and this is no different in her current role. She is responsible for driving and implementing the people strategies that seek to encourage and increase numbers of Women in IT.

Jodi Ferrer

VMware UK and Ireland

Jordi Ferrer is the Vice President and General Manager at VMware UK and Ireland. He is responsible for driving VMware’s business strategy and growth across the region, helping current and prospective customers use the power of software to unlock new opportunities in their organisations.

Prior to his appointment in early 2018, Jordi had broad experience at Cisco and IBM, most recently as Vice President of Enterprise at Cisco, leading the Sales and Engineering teams which supported the largest organisations in the UK. Jordi has had a diverse career in multiple market segments; from private sector companies in multiple industries such as Financial Services and Retail to Broadcast and Media organisations as well as Service Providers and Internet companies. Additionally, Jordi managed the Services Operation at Cisco which provided him with knowledge about the delivery and operation of complex engineering projects.

Sheila Flavell

FDM

Sheila Flavell is Chief Operating Officer and an Executive Board Director at FDM Group, with circa 30 years of experience in both the public and private IT sectors internationally. Sheila also sits on the main board of techUK and the Women in Tech Council, is the Chairwoman of the Institute of Coding’s Industry Advisory Board and is a liveryman and court member of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists. She has received numerous awards throughout the years for her contribution to enhancing diversity in the workplace as well as championing women in technology.

Rebecca Grattan

Equiniti

Rebecca Grattan is our Chief People and Transformation Officer, taking responsibility for Human Resources, Transformation and Change functions globally. Rebecca joined Equiniti in 2018, following a lengthy career in consultancy. She has worked with some of the largest financial services and public sector organisations, leading significant transformation programmes and specialising in the operating model and organisational design. Rebecca has spent periods working as a Human Resources Director, Transformation Director and COO as well as running organisations in the UK and the Middle East.

Lindsey Griffiths

BP

An IT industry professional of 25 years, Lindsey has extensive experience in delivering complex IT systems. In her early career she worked with Accenture developing and delivering leading IT solutions in the financial markets sector. Moving to BP in 2003, Lindsey’s roles have ranged from business and IT transformation to leading IT strategy to performance management. Most recently Lindsey has been applying her skills at the frontier of digital technology innovation for the company.

Lyn Grobler

CIO

Lyn Grobler joined Hyperion in January 2016. As Group CIO, she oversees all aspects of technology implementing an IT strategy to drive the business in its next phase of growth. Lyn is the chair of Hyperion Services Limited. Before joining Hyperion, Lyn served as Vice President and CIO of Corporate Functions at BP.

Lyn is a non-exec Director on the Board of the Bank of Cyprus where she also chairs their Technology Committee.

Vanessa Hackett

American Express

Vanessa joined American Express 20 years ago as an Executive Assistant, serving in analytical, project- and programme-management roles in Technology before advancing to Delivery Director and then Vice President. Her global Product Engineering team enables digital customer experiences through global APIs and releasing business value through a core back-end loyalty platform.

Vanessa is helping drive increased adoption of automation throughout the development pipeline and ever-maturing use of Agile practices and DevOps across her product teams. She is passionate about building diverse talent and a culture of inclusivity; mentors people across the business; and sponsors the UK chapter of the Women in Technology network.

Jayne Kennington-Arnold

CGI

Jayne is a Senior IT professional with over 22 years’ experience in the industry working on both private and public sector deals. Jayne gained a degree in IT and started her career as a Desktop Engineer progressing to her current role of Vice President. She is responsible for End User Services within CGI, which comprises of over 500 people delivering service desk and ITIL functions to over 150 clients.

Audrey Mandela

Audrey is an entrepreneur, consultant, and angel investor. She chairs Women in Telecoms & Technology, a networking group; is a board director for several tech start-ups and Wedu, a charity that mentors and supports young women leaders from underserved communities in Southeast Asia; and is on the advisory board of Angel Academe, which supports investment in women-led start-ups. Audrey was Co-Founder of Multimap, one of the world’s leading online mapping providers. Multimap was acquired by Microsoft in 2007.

Emma McGuigan

Accenture

Emma McGuigan is the Group Technology Officer for Accenture’s Communications, Media and Technology operating group. In this role, Emma is responsible for the group’s technology strategy, overseeing current and future partnerships, and positioning around emerging technologies such as machine learning, artificial intelligence and cognitive computing to help drive leading-edge technology consulting and innovation to clients.

She has been recognised several times as an industry influencer as a result of her passion for technology and dedication to inspire young women to embark on Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths careers. In 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018, Emma was named as one of the 50 most influential women in UK IT by Computer Weekly magazine, was listed in 2016 & 2017 in Computer Business Review’s 10 most successful women in UK technology and was the Forward Ladies National Women in Business STEM category winner 2016.

Declan O'Gorman

Royal Bank of Scotland

Declan O’Gorman leads the Royal Bank of Scotland’s Digital & Engineering Services group delivering some of the banks critical platforms across Cloud, API, Business Automation, Enterprise warehousing and Machine Learning as well as leading our Engineering community of practice. He is a hands on technologist with strong experience in the financial sector solving critical business problems and building complex technology solutions who also sponsors the RBS technology Gender Balanced initiatives and STEM Code Club programme.

Elizabeth Varley

TechHub

Elizabeth is a serial entrepreneur and founded TechHub, the community for high-growth tech companies. TechHub has worked with thousands of companies to help them scale. TechHub member companies have been acquired by Google, Facebook, Twitter, Oracle and Microsoft among others, and have raised over $1billion in funding. TechHub also helps corporates like Google and BT access innovation culture and to work with startups to solve business challenges or develop new products. Previously Elizabeth ran an editorial and content agency, and built communities.

She's been selected for Computer Weekly’s UKtech50 top influencers, the Debrett's 500, and Vogue UK’s Generation Tech among others. Elizabeth also sits on the board of the Digital City Exchange smart cities programme at Imperial College, the Open Data Institute’s Data Pitch technology innovation board, and the Silicon Valley Bank early-stage advisory board.

Debbie Vavangas

IBM iX

Debbie is an executive partner at IBM where she leads the Digital Strategy and iX organisation for UK and Ireland alongside being an executive partner for 2 of our largest accounts. Here in the UK iX is home to over 500 designers, creative's, technical superstars and data whizz kids and together they work hand-in-glove with clients to create human-centered best-in-class experiences using digital technology to solve some of their clients biggest challenges or make best of the opportunities that new markets offer. She has been recognised for her leadership most recently in the BIMA 100 as an Agent For Change and the Everywoman Leader of the Year.

Jacky Wright

HMRC

A transformational global leader and innovative technologist, Jacky is a proud advocate for diversity, equal opportunities and access to education for all. As HMRC’s Chief Digital and Information Officer, she is driving one of the largest digitally-enabled transformations in Europe. A member of the Civil Service Diversity Task Force, Jacky also plays a key role in championing diversity in government, advising on the Civil Service’s strategy for improving BAME and disabled representation.

Gill Wylie

Enterprise Transformation

Gill is a change and technology leader who has a passion for guiding others to deliver new innovative solutions that transform businesses. She finds it immensely rewarding helping the Lloyds Group achieve its transformational ambitions for customers and colleagues. Most of her career has been spent working across technology, data companies and Financial Services.

Gill grew up in Northern Ireland and studied Computer Science at Queens University, Belfast before setting up roots in London.

Partners & sponsors

Partners & Sponsors

TITLE PARTNER

The FDM everywoman in Technology Awards showcase the endless opportunities on offer to those interested in a career in the technology sector. The Awards support inspirational role models who are enjoying a successful career in IT and serve to actively encourage and celebrate their achievements in a bid to create gender parity in the industry. FDM and everywoman share a commitment to enabling

in association with

The Tech She Can Charter has been founded with the aim of improving the gender balance in technology roles in the UK. The Charter signatories recognise that this is an important society problem that can only be solved by taking coordinated action to improve the pipeline of females looking to pursue a career in technology.

CATEGORY SPONSOR

CGI is delighted to once again sponsor the Digital Star award. We created this award with everywoman to shine a light on the rising importance of digital innovators and leaders in technology. As a global IT and business process services provider, CGI understands the power of diverse teams and what they can achieve for our business and clients. As such we champion building a diverse talent pipeline and role modelling the exceptional female talent we have, at all levels of our industry in the UK. Diversity enables innovation and we look forward to seeing the innovations this year’s finalists have driven for their organisations.

category sponsor

BP is delighted to sponsor the Leader Award. At BP we believe in acknowledging, valuing and leveraging our similarities - and our differences - for business success. Diversity and Inclusion is important to our business and we are committed to creating a work environment where everyone is treated fairly, with dignity and respect and without discrimination. A diverse and inclusive workplace allows our employees to reach their full potential and deliver their best performance.

category sponsor

American Express is proud to sponsor the FDM everywoman in Technology Awards.

We strive to be an essential part of our customers’ digital lives, by bringing continuous innovation to our existing offerings, and developing new products and services to meet the emerging needs

category sponsor

We are delighted to be sponsoring the ‘Software Engineer’ category for the 2019 FDM Everywoman Awards. Alongside a wide range of banking services, RBS offers businesses specialist sector knowledge in areas such as manufacturing and technology, as well as access to specialist entrepreneurial support. As an organisation RBS values and promotes inclusion in all areas of recruitment and employment. Software engineering is an area in which we are keen to see more women feature, so we are thrilled to be part of these awards and to be able to highlight and support the fantastic new talent coming through.

category sponsor

As a company that prides itself on a diverse & inclusive culture, VMware is committed to supporting initiatives that are dedicated to celebrating the importance of women in technology. We empower our employees regardless of gender and recognise the vital role a balanced gender workforce plays in nurturing a successful business. VMware is once again proud to be supporting the FDM Everywoman in Technology Awards. This is a great opportunity to showcase and highlight the positive impact that women have within our industry.

category sponsor

We are delighted to support the Rising Star Award and would like to encourage young women working in the technology world to nominate themselves. At T-Systems we actively encourage young people to think about future careers as IT professionals and through the Modern Muse initiative we have engaged with young girls, providing role models within the industry. Diversity is an integral part of our business strategy and we are dedicated to supporting female talent within our business. We are proud to partner with everywoman in sponsoring this Award. Together, we are supporting women in technology and business for today and tomorrow.

Media partner

Gigabit is a very proud partner to the 2019 FDM Everywoman in Technology Awards. We champion any initiative that encourages and empowers women in tech.

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Past winners

Past winners

The 2018 Woman of the Year

Dr. Marily Nika, Engineering Program Manager at Google,based in San Francisco. Marily’s contribution to the UK technology industry is invaluable. She pursued a PhD in Computer Science at Imperial College London, where she founded the first Women in Computing Group. She also founded London Geekettes, a global platform connecting over 2,000 female innovators in technology and has personally mentored over 1,000 women. Her work at Google impacts millions of people, launching voice recognition technologies across all European, Middle Eastern and African languages.

The 2018 category winners are:

Academic Award – sponsored by Lloyds Banking Group

Jeni Brown, Training Manager, London School of Economics and Political Science, from London. She has contributed greatly to LSE's goal of creating globally employable graduates through an innovative IT training programme. Last year saw a 300% increase in attendance in just two years, making it one of the most successful programmes throughout the entire university.

Runners-up

Geraldine Murphy, Head of Teaching and Learning, London School of Business and Management, from Leicester

Steph Scott, Physics Teacher, Newcastle High School for Girls, from Newcastle Upon Tyne

One to Watch Award – sponsored by Computacenter

Katie Griffiths, Student, King Edward VI School, from Stratford-Upon-Avon. 17-year-old Katie created the “I’m Okay” app for teenagers questioning their sexuality and gender. From reading stories about people with similar experiences to understanding LGBT terminology, Katie hopes to remind young people that they are not alone.

Runners-up

Anna Ionescu, Anglo European School, from Brentwood, Essex

Jess Scott, Newcastle High School for Girls, from Newcastle Upon Tyne

Apprentice Award - sponsored by Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Sophie Caffrey, Technical Apprentice, Leonardo, from Luton, was inspired to pursue engineering after visiting her first-ever Apprentice Open Day at Leonardo. Sophie’s first complete project as an apprentice – designing a Printed Circuit Board – has since been used on every global trial of this product in 2017.

Runners-up

Rising Star Award - sponsored by T-Systems

Kimberley Norris, Senior Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin & Pilot Officer, RAF Air Cadets, from Portsmouth. At the Royal Navy Maritime Capability Office, she has worked on some of the most challenging programmes including unmanned technology and has led various out-of-work activities devoted to the advancement of women in technology. Kim is also a Pilot Officer with the RAF Air Cadets, volunteering as a STEM ambassador across multiple Squadrons.

Runners-up

Digital Star Award - sponsored by CGI

Carrie Anne Philbin, Director of Education, Raspberry Pi Foundation, from Cambridge. Raspberry Pi is a high-powered computer designed to help young people all over the world learn computer science. Through her Picademy educator support programme, she has helped train over 2,000 educators and 12,000 adults and encourages teenage girls to embrace making things with technology through her YouTube channels “Crash Course” and “The Geek Gurl Diaries”.

Runners-up

Saija Mahon, Founder CEO, Mahon Digital Marketing, from London

Emily Walters, Head of Digital Experience, Sopra Steria, from Edinburgh

Software Engineer Award – sponsored by NatWest

Kirsty Tidmarsh, Senior Software Engineer, Department for Work and Pensions, from Widnes, who played a key role in enhancing coding standards throughout her entire practice and was central to introducing an integrated telephony platform, saving on considerable supplier costs. Outside work, she created the “Women in Software Engineering Community” dedicated to mentorship and volunteers at “Code Club” – a nationwide network of free after-school coding clubs for children.

Runners-up

Shilpa Arora, Senior Engineer, American Express, from West Sussex

Rosie Lickorish, Software Engineer, IBM UK Ltd, from Southampton

Team Leader Award - sponsored by American Express

Tanja Lichtensteiger, Business Systems Development Manager, Leeds Beckett University, from Leeds. With 17 years’ experience building systems, Tanja is a natural problem-solver with a clear passion for her team and technology, demonstrated through her determination to secure funding for their training and development. Described as a natural leader, Tanja proactively addresses the gender imbalance in senior management in higher education giving talks for Code First, encouraging girls to pursue IT careers.

Runners-up

Start-up Founder Award

Gemma Milne, Co-Founder, Science: Disrupt, from London. Science: Disrupt is the only media outlet focused on science entrepreneurship, which is not linked to another institution, meaning it can be completely unbiased. It produces podcasts, events and editorial, bringing together over 600 academics, entrepreneurs, scientists and Nobel Prize winners. Through Science: Disrupt, Gemma gives women access to role models within the industry.

Runners-up

Kiran Bhagotra, CEO & Founder, ProtectBox , from Belfast

Louise Doherty, CEO, PlanSnap, from London

Entrepreneur Award – sponsored by Fujitsu

Georgina Nelson, CEO & Founder, TruRating, from London. Georgina began her career as a consumer rights lawyer, before spotting a gap in the market for reliable customer ratings. Georgina’s success in bringing TruRating to market in a traditionally male-dominated technology industry is truly impressive. Starting with no knowledge of the technology involved, whilst on maternity leave, she built the world’s first mass point-of-payment consumer rating system.

Runners-up

Jill Hodges, CEO & Founder, Fire Tech Camp, from London

Mary O' Brien, CEO & Co-Founder, VideoDoc, from London

Innovator Award - sponsored by Equiniti

Amanda Adams, Cryptography Architect, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, from Chester, who uses her world-class technical ability to protect the bank’s security. She shares eight patents inclusive of variations within the cryptographic space and has written numerous posts tackling complex technical subjects in an accessible language. Outside work, she is a mentor for CoderDojo, which delivers free lessons on coding to children and teenagers.

Runners-up

Julie Bretland, CEO & Founder, Our Mobile Health, from London

Pip Wilson, CEO, Amicable, from London

Leader Award - sponsored by BP

Debbie Vavangas, iX Executive Partner, IBM, from London, who is now an executive partner in an environment where the ratio is 5:1 in favour of men. Debbie joined IBM as a graduate in 1997 and has since set the example for others, innovating and blazing a trail in ideation, experience and technology. In a single year, her team has built 15 new products, 16 clickable prototypes and scaled 3 products globally.

Runners-up

Rachel Murphy, in her role as Digital Delivery Director, NHS Digital, London

Male Agent of Change Award - sponsored by VMware

Russ Shaw, Founder, Tech London Advocates & Global Tech Advocates, from London. Tech London Advocates is now an unrivalled community of over 5,000 leaders, united to form the most influential group in tech. Russ affects change through working groups, which tackle topics of the industry such as immigration, women in tech and LGBT concerns. He is part of the recently launched Digital Skills Partnership, championing a stronger female talent pipeline and development opportunities.

Runners-up

Freddie Norton, Acting Head of Fellowship and Experts, Apps for Good, from London

International Inspiration Award - sponsored by Aviva

Gayathri Mohan, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Sopra Steria, from Chennai, India. Gayathri is Managing Trustee of Sopra Steria India Foundation which now supports over 75,000 children a year, predominantly from poor backgrounds with limited IT education options. Her Sopra Steria India Foundation Graduate Scholarship Scheme has seen 463 students graduate including 193 engineers and three doctors.